From: Chad Aldreda <ca@modelmiser.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Nick Faro <yux50000@hotmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/4] drivers: base: test: add a vehicle for DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:00:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104220041.3994559-3-ca@modelmiser.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261104215546.3990950-1-ca@modelmiser.com>
Register a platform device whose driver exposes two misc devices, one
character device and one debugfs file: /dev/devm_refs_bad keeps its
state, with the miscdevice embedded, in devm memory; /dev/devm_refs_good
keeps refcounted state freed on last close; /dev/devm_refs_cdev is a
struct cdev embedded in devm memory; the debugfs file bad_magic points
into the devm state and is removed by a devres action registered after
that allocation. The driver depends on DEBUG_FS for that file.
Unbinding the device with all four held open must warn exactly twice,
for the devm-backed misc node and for the cdev, and report the debugfs
file at info level after release; closing the bad node and the cdev
node afterwards are use-after-frees that KASAN reports independently
(the cdev close reads the freed cdev in cdev_put() and then writes its
kobject refcount in kobject_put(), so run this under KASAN only).
Rebinding and unbinding with nothing open must be silent.
Written with Claude (Anthropic) under my direction; see the cover letter
for the disclosure required by Documentation/process/generated-content.rst.
Signed-off-by: Chad Aldreda <ca@modelmiser.com>
---
drivers/base/test/Kconfig | 15 ++
drivers/base/test/Makefile | 2 +
drivers/base/test/devm_refs_test.c | 323 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 340 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/base/test/devm_refs_test.c
diff --git a/drivers/base/test/Kconfig b/drivers/base/test/Kconfig
index 1ecf079124..e04dfda988 100644
--- a/drivers/base/test/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/test/Kconfig
@@ -23,3 +23,18 @@ config DRIVER_SWNODE_KUNIT_TEST
tristate "KUnit Tests for software node fw_devlink links" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
depends on KUNIT
default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+
+config DEVM_REFS_TEST
+ tristate "Test driver for DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS"
+ depends on DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS && DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ Registers a platform device whose driver exposes /dev/devm_refs_bad
+ (state in devm memory, freed on unbind while open),
+ /dev/devm_refs_good (refcounted state), /dev/devm_refs_cdev (a
+ struct cdev embedded in devm memory) and a debugfs file bad_magic
+ whose data is that devm memory and whose removal is a devres
+ action. Unbinding with all four open must warn once for the bad
+ node and once for the cdev, and report the debugfs file at info
+ level after release. See drivers/base/test/devm_refs_test.c.
+
+ If unsure say N.
diff --git a/drivers/base/test/Makefile b/drivers/base/test/Makefile
index 9ced7bbd56..556b9d2635 100644
--- a/drivers/base/test/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/test/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRIVER_PE_KUNIT_TEST) += property-entry-test.o
CFLAGS_property-entry-test.o += $(DISABLE_STRUCTLEAK_PLUGIN)
obj-$(CONFIG_DRIVER_SWNODE_KUNIT_TEST) += swnode-devlink-test.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEVM_REFS_TEST) += devm_refs_test.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/test/devm_refs_test.c b/drivers/base/test/devm_refs_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40b4211d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/test/devm_refs_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Test vehicle for CONFIG_DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS.
+ *
+ * Registers one platform device bound to a driver that exposes two misc
+ * devices, one character device and one debugfs file (see
+ * devm_refs_dbg_show() below):
+ *
+ * /dev/devm_refs_bad - driver state allocated with devm_kzalloc(), so
+ * it is freed on unbind even while the node is open.
+ * file->private_data (set by the misc core to the
+ * embedded struct miscdevice) points into it.
+ * /dev/devm_refs_good - driver state refcounted and freed on last put,
+ * so unbind with the node open is safe.
+ * /dev/devm_refs_cdev - a struct cdev embedded in devm memory; an open
+ * file reaches it through inode->i_cdev.
+ *
+ * Unbinding the device with all nodes held open must produce exactly two
+ * DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS warnings, for the bad node and for the cdev, and an
+ * info line for the debugfs file after release. Closing the bad node and
+ * the cdev node after unbind are use-after-frees that KASAN reports
+ * independently; the cdev close reads the freed object in cdev_put() and
+ * then writes its kobject refcount in kobject_put(), so run this under
+ * KASAN only.
+ */
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+#define DEVM_REFS_MAGIC 0x5245465344455644ULL /* "DVEDSFER" */
+
+struct devm_refs_bad {
+ struct miscdevice misc;
+ u64 magic;
+};
+
+struct devm_refs_good {
+ struct miscdevice misc;
+ struct kref kref;
+ u64 magic;
+};
+
+struct devm_refs_cdev {
+ struct cdev cdev;
+ u64 magic;
+};
+
+struct devm_refs_state {
+ struct devm_refs_bad *bad;
+ struct devm_refs_good *good;
+ struct devm_refs_cdev *cd;
+ struct class *class;
+ dev_t devt;
+ struct dentry *dbg;
+};
+
+static ssize_t devm_refs_cdev_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+ size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_cdev *cd =
+ container_of(file_inode(file)->i_cdev, struct devm_refs_cdev, cdev);
+ char tmp[32];
+ int n;
+
+ n = scnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s\n",
+ cd->magic == DEVM_REFS_MAGIC ? "ok" : "CORRUPT");
+ return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, len, ppos, tmp, n);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations devm_refs_cdev_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .read = devm_refs_cdev_read,
+};
+
+/*
+ * A debugfs file whose i_private points into devm memory and whose
+ * removal is a devres action registered AFTER that allocation: debugfs
+ * revokes it before the memory goes, so the check must report it at info
+ * level after release, not WARN during the walk.
+ */
+static int devm_refs_dbg_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_bad *bad = m->private;
+
+ seq_printf(m, "%s\n", bad->magic == DEVM_REFS_MAGIC ? "ok" : "CORRUPT");
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(devm_refs_dbg);
+
+static void devm_refs_dbg_remove(void *dir)
+{
+ debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
+}
+
+static ssize_t devm_refs_bad_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+ size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_bad *bad =
+ container_of(file->private_data, struct devm_refs_bad, misc);
+ char tmp[32];
+ int n;
+
+ n = scnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s\n",
+ bad->magic == DEVM_REFS_MAGIC ? "ok" : "CORRUPT");
+ return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, len, ppos, tmp, n);
+}
+
+static int devm_refs_bad_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_bad *bad =
+ container_of(file->private_data, struct devm_refs_bad, misc);
+
+ /* After unbind this is a read of freed memory. */
+ pr_info("devm_refs_test: bad release, magic %s\n",
+ bad->magic == DEVM_REFS_MAGIC ? "ok" : "CORRUPT");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations devm_refs_bad_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .read = devm_refs_bad_read,
+ .release = devm_refs_bad_release,
+};
+
+static void devm_refs_good_free(struct kref *kref)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_good *good =
+ container_of(kref, struct devm_refs_good, kref);
+
+ pr_info("devm_refs_test: good freed on last put\n");
+ kfree(good);
+}
+
+static int devm_refs_good_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_good *good =
+ container_of(file->private_data, struct devm_refs_good, misc);
+
+ kref_get(&good->kref);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t devm_refs_good_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
+ size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_good *good =
+ container_of(file->private_data, struct devm_refs_good, misc);
+ char tmp[32];
+ int n;
+
+ n = scnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s\n",
+ good->magic == DEVM_REFS_MAGIC ? "ok" : "CORRUPT");
+ return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, len, ppos, tmp, n);
+}
+
+static int devm_refs_good_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_good *good =
+ container_of(file->private_data, struct devm_refs_good, misc);
+
+ pr_info("devm_refs_test: good release, magic %s\n",
+ good->magic == DEVM_REFS_MAGIC ? "ok" : "CORRUPT");
+ kref_put(&good->kref, devm_refs_good_free);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations devm_refs_good_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .open = devm_refs_good_open,
+ .read = devm_refs_good_read,
+ .release = devm_refs_good_release,
+};
+
+static int devm_refs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev, *cdev_dev;
+ struct devm_refs_state *st;
+ int ret;
+
+ st = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*st), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!st)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ st->bad = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*st->bad), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!st->bad)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ st->bad->magic = DEVM_REFS_MAGIC;
+ st->bad->misc.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
+ st->bad->misc.name = "devm_refs_bad";
+ st->bad->misc.fops = &devm_refs_bad_fops;
+ st->bad->misc.parent = dev;
+
+ st->good = kzalloc_obj(*st->good);
+ if (!st->good)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ kref_init(&st->good->kref);
+ st->good->magic = DEVM_REFS_MAGIC;
+ st->good->misc.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
+ st->good->misc.name = "devm_refs_good";
+ st->good->misc.fops = &devm_refs_good_fops;
+ st->good->misc.parent = dev;
+
+ st->dbg = debugfs_create_dir("devm_refs_test", NULL);
+ debugfs_create_file("bad_magic", 0444, st->dbg, st->bad,
+ &devm_refs_dbg_fops);
+ ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, devm_refs_dbg_remove, st->dbg);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_free_good;
+
+ ret = misc_register(&st->bad->misc);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_free_good;
+ ret = misc_register(&st->good->misc);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_dereg_bad;
+
+ /* A cdev embedded in devm memory, with its own /dev node. */
+ st->cd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*st->cd), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!st->cd) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_dereg_good;
+ }
+ st->cd->magic = DEVM_REFS_MAGIC;
+ ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&st->devt, 0, 1, "devm_refs_cdev");
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_dereg_good;
+ cdev_init(&st->cd->cdev, &devm_refs_cdev_fops);
+ st->cd->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+ ret = cdev_add(&st->cd->cdev, st->devt, 1);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_region;
+ st->class = class_create("devm_refs");
+ if (IS_ERR(st->class)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(st->class);
+ goto err_cdev;
+ }
+ cdev_dev = device_create(st->class, dev, st->devt, NULL,
+ "devm_refs_cdev");
+ if (IS_ERR(cdev_dev)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(cdev_dev);
+ goto err_class;
+ }
+
+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, st);
+ dev_info(dev, "probed: /dev/devm_refs_bad, /dev/devm_refs_good, /dev/devm_refs_cdev\n");
+ return 0;
+
+err_class:
+ class_destroy(st->class);
+err_cdev:
+ cdev_del(&st->cd->cdev);
+err_region:
+ unregister_chrdev_region(st->devt, 1);
+err_dereg_good:
+ misc_deregister(&st->good->misc);
+err_dereg_bad:
+ misc_deregister(&st->bad->misc);
+ /* Registered or not, drop the probe-time reference; the free runs on zero. */
+ kref_put(&st->good->kref, devm_refs_good_free);
+ return ret;
+err_free_good:
+ kfree(st->good);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void devm_refs_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct devm_refs_state *st = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+ device_destroy(st->class, st->devt);
+ class_destroy(st->class);
+ cdev_del(&st->cd->cdev);
+ unregister_chrdev_region(st->devt, 1);
+ misc_deregister(&st->good->misc);
+ misc_deregister(&st->bad->misc);
+ kref_put(&st->good->kref, devm_refs_good_free);
+ dev_info(&pdev->dev, "removed; devres release follows\n");
+}
+
+static struct platform_driver devm_refs_driver = {
+ .probe = devm_refs_probe,
+ .remove = devm_refs_remove,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "devm_refs_test",
+ },
+};
+
+static struct platform_device *devm_refs_pdev;
+
+static int __init devm_refs_test_init(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = platform_driver_register(&devm_refs_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ devm_refs_pdev = platform_device_register_simple("devm_refs_test", -1,
+ NULL, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(devm_refs_pdev)) {
+ platform_driver_unregister(&devm_refs_driver);
+ return PTR_ERR(devm_refs_pdev);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit devm_refs_test_exit(void)
+{
+ platform_device_unregister(devm_refs_pdev);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&devm_refs_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(devm_refs_test_init);
+module_exit(devm_refs_test_exit);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Test vehicle for DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-04 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-04 21:55 [RFC PATCH 0/4] devres: warn about managed memory still held by open files at unbind Chad Aldreda
2026-11-04 21:55 ` [RFC PATCH 1/4] debugfs: add debugfs_file_revoked() for debugging aids Chad Aldreda
2026-11-04 22:00 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] devres: add DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS to warn about managed memory still held by open files Chad Aldreda
2026-11-04 22:00 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] media: v4l2-dev: name the video_device behind an open file for DEBUG_DEVRES_REFS Chad Aldreda
2026-11-04 22:00 ` Chad Aldreda [this message]
2026-11-04 22:07 ` [RFC PATCH 0/4] devres: warn about managed memory still held by open files at unbind Laurent Pinchart
2026-11-04 22:31 ` Chad Aldreda
2026-11-04 22:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
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